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FrankAuLux@outside.ofa.dog

Joined 2 years, 6 months ago

Retired linguist/law/IT. Avid reader in all languages (see polyglot.city/@FrankauLux/ ), both paper and ebooks. Mostly fictions these days.

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James Patterson: The 5th Horseman (Women's Murder Club, #5) (2006, Headline) No rating

A young mother is recuperating in a San Francisco hospital when she is suddenly gasping …

Confirms what I was saying: pretty good criminal investigation, but structure is always the same. Not going to say anything not to spoil it but it's clearly a framework -always the same. It's not bad as such, but if you happen to read them all in sequence as I do, it is a bit tedious. Can't help thinking how ok, now is the time this happens. lets skim that and go back to the real stuff. Ho well. easy reading.

James Patterson: 3rd Degree (Women's Murder Club, #3) (2004, Little, Brown and Co.) No rating

Not bad. The mysteries in themselves are well thought of, but there are some recurring gimmicks which are slowly getting on my nerves. I'm not going to say anything cause that would be a spoiler. I'll still read the next one and see if my suspicion is confirmed.

Claude Schmit: Rock'n Roll in Stasi-land (Paperback, français language, coolLibri)

Récit de voyage

Excellent livre

Témoignage assez intéressant sur ce qu'était la vie en Allemagne de l'Est via le récit d'une vie d'échange entre deux amis. Lecture facile mais passionnante tout de même, notamment la reproduction du fichier STASI de l'auteur en fin d'ouvrage !!! Livré avec une URL avec les liens vers le rock DDR sur Internet. Ça vaut vraiment le coup d'être lu !!!

Claude Schmit: Rock'n Roll in Stasi-land (Paperback, français language, coolLibri)

Récit de voyage

Just the length of my trip. Quite interresting witness account of what life was in east Germany via friend exchange. Easy reading but fascinating all the same, specially the reproduction of the author's STASI file at the end of the book !!! Comes with a URL with the links to the DDR rock on the internet. Definitely worth reading !!!

James Patterson: 1st to Die (Women's Murder Club, #1) (Hardcover, 2001, Little, Brown) No rating

Four women-four friends-share a determination to stop a killer who has been stalking newlyweds in …

Nice. Didn't know the serie, but interresting. Some unnecessarily scene but I guess you need that to sell in some countries. Decent plot and whodunnit.

Samuel Bjork: The Owl Always Hunts at Night

First Bjork

Ideal on along travelling day :-) Nice police thriller from Scandinavia, in the the tradition of Mankell or Nesbø. I'll be looking for him next time I'm up there, s I prefer the originl version to translations - however good they might be.

Agatha Christie, Bill Peschel: Complete, Annotated Man in the Brown Suit (2022, Peschel Press) No rating

Newly-orphaned Anne Beddingfeld is a nice English girl looking for a bit of adventure in …

Yet another nice mystery. As you may have noticed i'm (re)reading a whole batch of Agatha Christie at the moment. It is simply because they were written around 1920 and are surfacing in my usual channels since in many countries copyright expire after 100 years. Expect many more in a near future.

reviewed Printeurs by Ploum (Ludomire, #4)

Ploum: Printeurs (Français language, 2020, PVH éditions)

Printeurs est un roman de science-fiction de Ploum (Lionel Dricot) sorti dans la collection Ludomire …

Dangereux

Dangereux, parce que déjà, on risque de passer une nuit blanche, vu qu'on parvient pas à le poser. Et plein d'idées réactionnaires qu'on connaît mais qui sont parfois particulièrement bien exprimées. Excellent bouquin; un seul regret: OU EST LA SUITE ??? On attend "Scanneurs" avec impatience. On particulièrement aimé: la numérotation des chapitres. On a moins aimé: le "Deus ex machina" Sinon cela a un petit côté "black mirror" tout à fait délicieux. Cela ferait un chouette épisode.